Friday, January 9, 2009

Golden Globe Predictions 2009

It is time to honor the Oscars' ugly step-sister: the Golden Globes.

Maybe "honor" is too strong of a word. It is time to acknowledge the existence of the Golden Globes in 2009. There, that's much better. Suffice it to say, I am not that big of a Golden Glove fan this year. The GG's have always gone with a smaller, inde-type films and shows but this year just feels like they have gone too far. In a year in which the Godfather of superhero films (The Dark Knight) was released and one of the finest TV shows ever had its last season (The Wire), the Hollywood Foreign Press chose instead to include fare like The Reader and In Treatment.

That's just all kinds of unfair! But still, I am a culture nerd (or snob) and can't help but be invested in the results of said award show. After all, the Golden Globes are the last stop on the road to the Granddaddy of Them All: the Oscars

Here is who will be taking home statues on Sunday night. Winners are in bold and keep in mind this isn't always who I think SHOULD win but who WILL win.

Best Motion Picture - Drama

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Reader

Frost/Nixon

Slumdog Millionaire

Revolutionary Road

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

Leonardo Dicaprio - Revolutionary Road

Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon

Sean Penn - Milk

Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler

Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama

Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married

Angelina Jolie - Changeling

Meryl Streep - Doubt

Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long

Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road

Best Motion Picture - Comedy

Burn After Reading

Happy-Go-Lucky

In Bruges

Mama Mia!

Vicky Christina Barcelona

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy

Collin Farrell - In Bruges

Javier Bardem - Vicky Christina Barcelona

Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges

James Franco - Pineapple Express

Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance Harvery

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy

Rebecca Hall - Vicky Christina Barcelona

Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky

Frances McDormand - Burn After Reading

Meryl Streep - Mama Mia!

Emma Thompson - Last Chance Harvey

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder

Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess

Tom Crusie - Tropic Thunder

Phillip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt

Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture

Amy Adams - Doubt

Penelope Cruz - Vicky Christina Barcelona

Viola Davis - Doubt

Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler

Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Director - Motion Picture

Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire

Stephen Daldry - The Reader

David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon

Sam Mendes - Revolutionary Road

Best Television Series - Drama

House

In Treatment

True Blood

Dexter

Mad Men

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama

Gabriel Byrne - In Treatment

Michael C. Hall - Dexter

Jon Hamm - Mad Men

Hugh Laurie - House

Jonathan Rhys Meyers - The Tudors

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama

Sally Field - Brothers and Sisters

Mariska Hartigay - Law and Order (SVU)

January Jones - Mad Men

Anna Paquin - True Blood

Kyra Sedgwick - The Closer

Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy

30 Rock

Californication

Entourage

The Office

Weeds

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy

Alec Baldwin - 30 Rock

Steve Carrell - The Office

Kevin Connolly - Entourage

David Duchovny - Californication

Tony Shalhoub - Monk

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy